Unfortunately, we had to stay in the house on New Year´s Eve, but Brazil
throws quite the party, let me tell you!! I´ve never heard so many fireworks in
my life!!!

This week was pretty rough with our investigators, but Sister Bundy and I
are working as hard as ever, and we´ve been finding some new people to teach,
which is very exciting :) I know there are a lot of people here who are just
waiting to hear about Christ and how His Atonement can help their families.
What a great message we have!!

In other news, we saw a monkey today!!! We were walking in a new area and
spotted this tiny little monkey sitting on a car!! We were freaking out; it was
so cute! I love Brazil. Although I have yet to see a tarantula...hopefully that
won´t change my mind :)

My rash has completely gone away, so that´s a blessing :) The other Sisters
were sick this week, but we´ve been taking good care of them. It has been a
pleasure to live with them.

Our English class went well this week and we did a review of everything
we´ve learned so far. Our students were pleasantly surprised by how much they
can say :)

Also, I´ve been learning how to make some traditional Brazilian food, so
that´s exciting! Sister Bundy and I made Pao de Queijo twice this week from
scratch, and we were quite happy with the results :)

...AND we got new beds! A new mattress is a beautiful thing :)

We LOVE our new beds!!!!!!

Hope you are all doing well and have already made some goals for the new
year. 2 Nephi 27:23 says that God can work miracles in our lives if we just
have faith. I challenge everyone to make a goal this year to increase your
faith by praying, reading The Book of Mormon, and attending church. I know that
if you do these things, consistently, God truly can work miracles in your life.
I´ve seen so many miracles this week alone. God is real and He has blessing
just for you. All you have to do is believe and act on that belief :)

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and that you felt lots of love from everyone around you :)

I
had a rather interesting week this week, mainly because on Tuesday, I
woke up with my eye swollen shut and an itchy rash all over my face.
With the help of Sister Silcox, we decided it must be an allergic
reaction, so we went to the pharmacy to buy some anti-allergy
medication.

Unfortunately, they didn´t have
any non-drowsy kind....So I was pretty much a zombie all week, falling
alseep any time I had something to lean on. We didn´t really get to work
for 4 days straight because of that, which was quite the bummer.
However, we had lots of funny moments (including me falling alseep on
the bus and falling out of my seat onto the floor) and I got a lot
closer with my companion(s). I know Heavenly Father will help us make up
for the lost days if we continue to work even harder than ever. And now
my face is pretty much back to normal! Yippee!!

Christmas
was great, especially getting to Skype my family. They´re the best :) I
know that family is so essential to God´s plan for us. He put us in
families so that we can know what it means to love and be loved. And if
you´re having problems in your family, don´t get discouraged! Families
are by no means perfect, but with the Gospel, patience, and a lot of
love, I know that any family situation can get better. I love my family
so much!! And I love promising the people of Brazil that they can be
with their families forever. What an amazing gift that is!!

Sorry
that I don´t have much more to say about this week (I was sleeping
through a lot of it haha) but I´m so excited to get back out and work
even harder this week! The Gospel is so good and I can´t believe I have
this opportunity to share it!